Generate a new VeraCrypt container on the linux command line
Solution 1:
See the
VeraCrypt Command Line Usage page,
where at the end are listed all the sub-options that are specific to /create.
An example is also listed :
Create a 10 MB file container using the password test and formatted using FAT:
"C:\Program Files\VeraCrypt\VeraCrypt Format.exe" /create c:\Data\test.hc /password test /hash sha512 /encryption serpent /filesystem FAT /size 10M /force